Google Photos details photo view redesign, 'Add to' replaces Lens

In addition to the upcoming editor redesign, Google Photos is revamping the app’s photo view.

Google says the new photo view offers a “simpler, more modern, and more intuitive UI.”  The background is now available in light (instead of just dark) mode to automatically match your device’s system theme.

At the top of each image, you’ll get “glanceable date, time, and location details” that are pretty convenient.  Below that, you might have pill-shaped “badges” to:

Photo stacks and bursts appear near the bottom with a “new three-dot icon attached to the selected thumbnail” to:

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The other big aspect is a “streamlined actions menu for improved usability and navigation.” At the very bottom, Share, Edit (new icon), and Trash are unchanged. Google Lens in the row has been replaced by an “Add to“ menu to “organize your photos into albums, move them to Archive, or secure them in your Locked Folder.” The availability of Circle to Search on Android dampens the impact.

Everything else — save for “Favorites” — is found in the three-dot overflow menu. This includes:

This photo view redesign is widely rolled out on iOS, and is “coming soon” to Google Photos for Android.

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